Post Graduate Diploma/Dual Degree in Community Media :: Applications invited for 2012-2013
Last Date : August 7, 2012

Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), School of Media and Cultural Studies (SMCS) announces a Post Graduate Diploma/Dual M.A. degree in Community Media.

The programme seeks to create a cadre of committed media professionals who have the knowledge, perspectives and skills to work with communities and facilitate expression of their concerns through the media. The students will be introduced to micro and macro level development issues and contemporary mainstream media discourses of growth and development, with the goal of facilitating a critical understanding of social, political and cultural processes of change.

Research, writing and radio and video production skills will be imparted to make the students proficient in designing, initiating, monitoring and evaluating media programmes. The programme includes relevant field-visit and internship opportunities to facilitate a practical understanding participatory community media.

The programme will commence from October 2012 and will be delivered in modular form, in a combination of contact and distance modes. The course will be spread over two semesters comprising of six weeks in October-November 2012 and eight weeks in April-May, 2013.

Students must undertake a block field work internship for a duration of 8 weeks after the completion of Semester II. Those who are already employed will be encouraged to carry out the fieldwork at their own organisations.

The course is designed for
a. NGO functionaries/development workers who are working with organisations and initiatives with a community media focus or potential.
b. People working in the development sector who are interested in exploring the potential of media technologies in improving planning and implementation of development initiatives.
c. Any graduate who intends to take up a career with organisations engaged in community development.

Eligibility criteria for admission
a. Graduation in any subject.
b. Those working with community based organisations and initiatives or with relevant work experience preferred.
c. TISS alumni with a Master's degree in any discipline eligible for the award of a dual MA degree.
d. Reservations will apply as per the Government of India Rules.

Venue and fees
a. The course will be conducted at TISS Campus in Mumbai.
b. Fee for the course is approximately Rs 30,000 (Rupees Thirty Thousand only) for the one year programme.

How to apply?
Application forms will be available from July 16 to August 7, 2012.
The information brochure, application form and fee challan can be downloaded from the TISS Website,
www.tiss.edu.

Please note that while submitting the downloaded application form, the 'TISS Copy' of the fee challan must accompany it.

The filled up application can be sent by post or submitted to:
In-Charge STP Section,
Tata Institute of Social Sciences,
Deonar, Mumbai -400088,
super-scribed with "Application for PGD/DD CM October 2012" on the envelope.

In service candidates shall forward their applications through their employers.

The applications should reach on or before August 7, 2012. The course will commence on October 8, 2012.

For information
Short Term Programme Office:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 022 2552 5253
or
Course Co-ordinator
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 022 2552 5664

A detailed announcement of the course along with the application form and prospectus can be found on the TISS website:
http://tiss.edu/announcement/pgdcm-applications-invited-2012-2013

With regards,
Pibathoi Naorem,
M.A. Media and Cultural Studies,
Tata Institute of Social Sciences.